Today there are hundreds of models of climbing shoes to choose from. But if you are looking for a climbing shoe that can smear, edge, climb cracks, and be comfortable enough to wear all day on multi-pitch routes, your options can be counted on one hand. A trad climbing shoe also needs to be designed and constructed to take the abuse of being constantly jammed into cracks of various sizes. The Altura by Butora fulfills all of these criteria and is, in my opinion, the best crack climbing shoe available today. Design Any climbing shoe can be used to …

We are BACK!!!! We successfully completed a north to south traverse of the Wind River Range and summited 33 peaks along the Continental Divide! We traveled 162 milesOur elevation gain and loss was approx. 70,000 feet (that is the equivalent of climbing Everest 6 times, basecamp to summit!) With only nine easy peaks left to climb an early winter storm pinned us down for several days. When the storm cleared the mountains were coated with snow and ice. Out of food and with another much bigger storm predicted for the weekend we decided to hike out to our finishing point. …

I spent the last six days and nights of 2016 at the Taipei Veterans General Hospital (VGH )in Taiwan caring for my wife after her surgery (btw she is doing great). The VGH is a modern, clean and efficient hospital. Yet, no one really wants to spend time there. Szu-ting’s ward was on the eighth floor, where babies were arrive into the world and other people leave it. In the bed across from to Szu-ting’s a woman was dying. Only five feet of distance and a curtain separated us. When she could still walk, she smiled at us as she made her …

Seven people travelled with LittlePo Adventures (littlepo.com) to Yunnan China. The group experienced a variety unique cultures, wondrous food options and had the opportunity to learn and practice Qigong (qigongdancing.com) in breathtakingly scenic natural environments. The travellers used the historic town of Lijiang as a hub to explore several areas of Yunnan Province including Legu Lake, Limming, Yuhu Village and many other small locals. We had a spectacular weather and great time exploring this part of China. The two attached videos were edited for the participants of the trip, I will post shorter “summary” video soon.

It was nice to see a physical copy of this fall’s Outside Adventure Magazine. Szu-ting Yi wrote a feature article about climbing desert towers in Utah and my photos were featured on the cover and throughout the article.

Szu-ting and I were very fortunate to receive on of this years GORE-TEX® Shipton-Tilman Grant for our 2017 Great Walls of China expedition to Xinjiang China. The Great Walls of China: The goal of the team of Szu-ting Yi and David Anderson is to explore an unvisited and unnamed valley in the remote Kokshaal-Too Mountains of Xinjiang Province, China near the border of Kyrgyzstan. Specifically, the team hopes to summit the unclimbed Great Walls of China (5,400 m), including an unexplored section of the wall that faces south and is located in a sheltered side valley (approx. 700 m). While several …

In December Szu-ting and I finished up a climbing and media project exploring desert towers in the Four Corners region of the Southwestern US. We worked with Arcteryx and Butora providing text, photos and video about Szu-ting’s ascents of some classic and some not so classic desert towers. check out the video links: https://vimeo.com/album/3720998

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4 weeks agoby davide_andersonOne of the things I enjoy most about traveling is meeting people and learning about their lives. Here @szuting928 and I are sharing images of a Tibetan woman (in the red headdress) modeling the outfit she will be wearing to her upcoming wedding ceremony. Her mother-in-law and another family friend look on smiling and offering their approval. @salztheclimberContinue reading

2 months agoby davide_andersonSaying goodbye to the familiar sun of 2017, but looking forward to the new dawn of 2018!Continue reading

2 months agoby davide_anderson“Drawing” inspiration from images of my first visit to Patagonia 18 years ago. In another month, @szuting928 and I will head down to Argentina. We will not be visiting the Fitzroy Massif, but there are plenty of unclimbed walls for us to explore.Continue reading